Well, we did it. We bought our plane tickets to Europe! After having this crazy idea in our heads for over a year, we are actually making it happen. We’ll be flying from Atlanta to New York City for a few days (Jeremy’s never been), then flying to Iceland where we’ll spend five days, then to London. I’ve been doing lots of research on places to stay and things to do in Iceland, and I am so excited. It looks absolutely incredible. We’ll be arriving shortly after the spring equinox, which is apparently a really good time to see the Northern Lights, so fingers crossed. I just want to sit in some geothermal spas, explore glaciers and volcanos, spend a day or two in Reykjavik, then try to stuff an Icelandic pony in my suitcase when we leave. Iceland is known for being pretty expensive, so the tough part is now being extra careful about making our money last as long as possible this year. We are entertaining the idea of using Couchsurfing, but we’ve never done anything like it, so we’re a little nervous. But this year is all about getting out of our comfort zones and being adventurous (but smart at the same time). This is how we celebrated buying our tickets yesterday:

I know that a lot of people think we’re being irresponsible or crazy, and I totally get it, but after suffering through some jobs in the past that made us miserable, and just realizing that that’s not how we have to live life, and there’s a whole world out there open to exploring, it’s hard to even stay in one place for very long, in my opinion. Now, if Jeremy and I had careers we loved and a house, or kids, etc. (which I hope is not in the too distant future), we probably would have never even entertained the idea of dropping everything and moving to Europe for an undetermined amount of time. But at this point in our lives, it just feels like the perfect time. And then I see articles like this, where it lists things people regret when they’re dying (even though it’s probably made up), I just keep thinking that when I’m old, I’m going to regret not taking this opportunity if we don’t do it. We only have one life, and what’s it all for if not to enjoy it and live for ourselves? Life’s too short to live it according to how you think other people want you to live it.

Weekly Review

In other news, my ten-mile run went great on Friday, and my week of runs looked like this:

Sunday – 4 miles

Monday – 5 miles

Tuesday – 5 miles

Wednesday – 5 miles

Thursday – rest

Friday – 10 miles

Saturday – rest

Sunday – 5 miles

I really just focused on getting back into the swing of things this week, and didn’t do any strength training. This morning I woke up with the intention of going to bootcamp, but I felt really tired and just felt like I needed to take it easy. I have also been eating less than healthy the last few days, which always makes me lag.

Our week at work was pretty light, and combined with the weather we’ve been having, Jeremy and I kind of felt like it was summer vacation. Our week looked like this:

 

All in all, it was a very enjoyable week. Now it’s time to reset, get back to eating healthy, and focus on tackling our mile-long to-do list. Happy Monday!